GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
THE EVER-BEARING OR FALL BEARING PROGRESSIVE - MALE OR BISEXUAL 
PROGRESSIVE, like Americus, is a prolific bloomer and a heavy yielder. The berries are delicious throug:hout the entire 
* season and always command a high price and make large profits for the grower. It is a prolific runner maker. As its name 
indicates, it represents the progress made in the development of ever-bearing strawberry plants, and up to date there is noth- 
ing known that excels this great variety in alt of the points that make for excellence in strawberries. -The four great ever- 
bearing varieties we carry and illustrate herewith are unexcelled by any other varieties ever originated. No strawberry 
grower should longer be without a generous quota of these varieties which extend the fruiting season up to the verge of winter; 
at least all growers should try out this very valuable and profitable variety. Progressive is grown at Three Rivers and Twin Falls. 
sumes all risk for delivery of insured packages. 
Express companies carry small packages of 
strawberry plants at approximately the same 
rate as the post-office department, and in the 
case of the express companies there is no dis- 
tinction between the United States and Canada. 
In order to take advantage of this rate, which 
the express companies call "Special D," the ex- 
press charges must be prepaid. On orders of 200 
plants or less, if shipped from Three Rivers or 
Twin Falls, or 150 plants or less if shipped from 
Canby, the charges will be cheaper if prepaid. 
For the numbers above specified we make a uni- 
form express charge of 20c per hundred plants 
from Three Rivers and Twin Falls^ and 30c per 
hundred plants from Canby. On an order for 
more than 200 plants (or 150 if shipped from Can- 
by) the Regular rate for plants will be cheaper, 
and there will be no advantage in prepaying ex- 
press charges. 
The minimum charge for an express package is 
20 cents. 
The great advantage of shipping plants by ex- 
press lies in the fact that the plants travel in an 
open car instead of a closed mail sack. Under 
parcel post rules, it also must be remembered, 
packages weighing as much as twenty pounds 
will be placed in the same mail sack with pack- 
ages of plants. It readily will be seen that there 
is considerable risk when heavy, bulky packages 
of such dimensions are put into the same mail 
sack with perishable plants. Under the circum- 
stances, therefore, we do not hesitate to advise 
our customers to use express, even for small 
packages, wherever it is possible to do so. 
the appearance of the soil when you dig into it. 
The preparation of the soil and all other work 
connected with the growing of strawberries is the 
same in an irrigated country as in any other. 
Transportation Rates on Plants 
FOR the information of our customers we give 
herewith parcel post and express rates on 
small packages of strawberry plants. The 
postage rate on strawberry plants is uniformly 8c 
per pound no matter to what part of the United 
States the plants may go. The parcel post rate 
on plants going into Canada is 12c per pound. 
On plants shipped from Three Rivers and Twin 
Falls we make a uniform charge of 20c per hun- 
dred plants by parcel post to points in the United 
States and 30c when shipped into Canada. All 
plants shipped from Canby are much larger and 
Heavier than those grown at Twin Falls and Three 
Rivers, and the uniform rate for 100 plants ship- 
ped from Canby to points in the United States 
will be 30c and to points in Canada the rate on 
each one hundred plants will be 45c. As nearly 
as can be estimated, our strawberry plants grown 
both at Three Rivers and Twin Falls will weigh 
on the average 25 pounds to the thousand plants. 
The plants grown at Canby, Oregon, weigh on 
the average from 36 to 40 pounds to the thousand. 
All plants shipped by parcel post should be in- 
sured. You then will be sure to get the plants or 
have your money refunded. Add 5 cents for each 
100 plants or less, and we shall see that the pack- 
age is insured. We assume no responsibility for 
packages shipped by mail. The government as- 
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